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c. A. O'BRIEN. METHOD OF INLAYINQ UNOLEUM AND. THE PRODUCT THEREOF. APPLICATION FILED MN- 25. NIB- 1,351,679. v Patnted Aug. 31,1920.

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ruin-ion or mnmeamonnnm 41m THE mew To aZZ'wIw/n it-muy conccmf Be it known that I, Cnnnme residing in Kearne' inthe county of Huiscn and State of N wJereey, have'inyented certain new and useful Im roverunte .in Methods of Inlaying, Lino com and the Product Thereof, of which the following is between the two. rollers 12 end.13 ,.wncm" a s 'iccification.

My invention relates my invention being to method oi manufacture which is economicel and speedy. At the same tinig -it'afiordso portunity to produce verioiis p gtterns', whic well known inlaid linoleuin now generally" memut'actured.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a diagrammatic elevation of an apparatus in which my invention may be carried out; 5'

v Fig. 2 is -a planof a' portion of the product;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3, Fig.

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic elevation of. a modified a puratus. I,

While t 6 present method u ay be employed to produce varioiisg e tei'ns, in the mishecl article, it is particu arly eppropng ate for the production of woodmarbling effects, and I have illustrated the letter in the accompany ng drawn: Heretofore it has beenicnstomaryto obte iilthese effects by feeding into axho'pper grenw. lnted linoleum material of difierent colors,

which flows down between a p'nesser roller and a calender roller where the material is.

formed by pressure into a sheet. The clifliculty with this old method is'thet it has been impossible to control the pattern, inasmuch as the materieleof "different colors ame commingled indiscriminately the hopper, and even if an attempt 'we're' made'to regulate the feed at that point, itwould be prectically impossible to control the-pattern because a deformation would be caused when the granulated material passes between the rollers which form the material into a sheet.

According to the present method, the ,ma-

terial forming the base color, or ground, is

Specification of Letters Patent. Pate if 1 fedclo'ne to the sheet A Bm a citizen of the United States of America,

1 preferably subjected to a time Iinoleuin" and the manufacture thereof,;the object of rovide a novel ,ronar' obtained by menu in or ==r,' econronnrrron on manner. a i

nted Aug. 31,1920.

A namariaice. hun r to, rein. s rial;- in sisniislp rolls, antljthe m terial' (fiftheeciihd orimley colorfi is there after pr wediiitothe ground sheet. It is drewing aoticn'oha presser mcving'ot different speed from the travelofthe web.- As here llustrated, the froundmeterihl 10 is fed into. the hopper -1 Hsndp'asses therefrom it is forzned into a, sheet upon the f bric .fi'ointhe reel 15. Beneath the t5 (113115 th rd regg- 16. of larger (time ran an "if y. o e eri ,srel tagged. fljhes cot-1 of gm P p i e booking 1* is cerrie agrou d the. roller 12rbetween the bottom of th'ez latter andithe passes between'these rollers,

roller 16.. Anit the inlaymaterial l8 of. another color'is injected in any suitable way between the face of thelsheet 17 end the roller. 16, and is forced into the sheet 1,7. by the roller 16 which, atv the seine time; by reason pf its speed, causes a striation gree'tcr peripheral which 1%1'Ves "the desired grai efiect. The

thusj end .35, may carried" through any remainng etc necessel I tojits finishing, and e e t: ffly he re intlie usualmanner.

aid sheet'fie,',isse mg from rolls 12.

* teiy to the undmaterial on The-feed of the inlizy material '18 to the ground '17 inay be e cco'riqllishedin any suitable fashion; Very desirable elfe'cts can .be ytlirowin the material 18 into the bite. between the re is 16 and 12.

9 little experience, an operator workvm g'in1-way,produxxas nit'e unusual ef- 'fects fernioreclose y epproech the desired fgreined appearance than hesjheretofore been attained. Obviously, however, a mechanical device could be substituted, andL-have shown, for example, accnve or 201mm which the inlay material '18 is, ed from a source 21. The conveyermay travel at a speed snfliciently high to throw the material into the bite between the rollers Iii-and 12. A catch board 22 maybe rovided, however, to catch the material w oh :falls short, as it is fed upto the she'et 17 by the roller L6.

In Fig. 4 I have indicated die aromaticelly ll. modified arrangement. era the inlay material is fed from one or more hopera 23 onto an endless band M which may e of metal, passin around'theroller 16 at suitable speed. y controlling the iced -met11o a from the ho s 23 to the bend very defi- Pper produced. The effect nite des' may be ay b -eightenedby e Ioy d fle c co or of inley material in t e di erent ho s, or by making the deposits from t e mpers u on the band intermittent at predetermine intervals.

The product 19 in one case, or 25 in the other case, discloses the feet that the inlay material penetrates the ground 17 in man cases all the way to the'febric bucking 1 and qlways to son c extent, so thn-t the product is reiilly inlaid linoleum, This is particular] true where the inuterinl i8 is sii htly harder thnn the ground 10,

b mn y if d s r e inhn' n per t su as that. h wn in Fig 1, may e repeated with other color materials upon the product 19. The opportunity for obteining various effects, according to the PIBS- cnt r0ce S, .$q irem kab e 9 und r g th ug t of my vention o orm a P i e a d. th nnfi c to i ey atter y f cing n ay at i nt y ie u e as h w b tra el rwar The in eying may thus be carried out by a rol ing proces w h n t y my exp d ti us end. ne pensive per ut als obvietfifi the a e inc d t t cuttin e ser f om. erm ne: We s a d t e t dio b idmg p Pat ern by th i s ti n o th tesserae in a gl'Qk If t be d sir t se th i 19 or 2. in nlaid l n eum of t e ld type; tha i to say, if t sr e are to be ut f m th b 9, the fabr a i g wou d be omit e r ons were f a c npii f n ta el y the me n ed may ur t thes ls led e art,- I d no limit my nv ti n, th r or to he P e e m thod ind cated which may be' .vnriousl n pdified ith ut deperting m whet im a my i ent on after rolling I claim:

1. A methodof inleying linoleum which n t ur n a gro n irch end there 7 e ineteri i thereof spaced elements of difierently copred mu.- terial to form therewith a patterned ground said colored material being in comminuted orrn.

2. A method of inlaying linoleum which consists in forming at ground web and thereafter rolling into the material thereof a pattern of difierent color material, and subjecting the thus pntterned surface to the strictaction of a member huvingn peripheral speed greater then that of the travel of the web with which it comes in contact. 9

3, A method of inlaying linoleum which consists in formin a ground web and rolling into the surface hereof spaced elements of a substantially homogeneous color material in comminuted form.

4 As a, non article of manufacture, inlaid linoleu n' comprising a ground web penetrnted to unequal depths by spaced elements of linoleum ninterinl in coinininuted form of diiferent color forming a pattern on said groun b,-

' 5: AS nnew article of manufacture, inh i'd linoleum co n arising a ground web penetrnted to unequel depths by spaced elements of ett'ern material in comminuted form of di erent color and consistency.

6. As e new article of manufacture, inlaid linolenrn comprising 9, round web penetrated to unequal depths fiy striated attern rnnterial of difierent color.

As a, new article of manufacture, inlaid linoleum comprising a. fabric hacking, n ground web thereon and pattern materiel irregularly penetrating said ground miltenal.

In testiinony whereof I have signed my neme to th s n ee. cation.

HARLES A, OBRHQN. 

